Marijn Poels
| Marijn Poels | |
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 Poels in Brussel to promote his documentary ‘The Voice of 650 Million', October 2010 | |
| Born |
Marijn Hendrik Jan 10 July 1975 Meerlo, Netherlands |
| Occupation | director, screenwriter, producer |
Marijn Poels (Meerlo, 10 July 1975) is a Dutch independent filmmaker, documentary maker and international speaker. He produced films like The Voice of 650 million Times One, Nothing About Us and produced several documentary series for TV. He also made tour documentaries of the Dutch Punk group Heideroosjes. Poels is making films about international issues focusing on social, economical and political topics. In 2009 he wrote his first book "Between Two Worlds". Poels' film style is characterized by real-life recordings. The viewer gets a pure view of reality without being directly given any opinion by a filmmaker.
Awards
Dody Spittal Award
February 2011 Poels won the international Dodie Spittal award for his documentary "The Voice of 650 Million Times One" in Calgary, Canada. Poels made a statement and waived his rights to the award to the people he filmed and integrated the plaque in an official monument and placed it in the centre of the Kibera slum in Nairobi.
Medal for the peace
Poels received in 2011 “The Voice of peace” medal in Lahore, Pakistan. This medal is annually awarded to persons who committed their selves against terrorism en violence in Pakistan and coming out for human rights.
NL Award
March 2015 Poels won the NL Award for his documentary “Two lives in one heart” The documentary follows Lakhdar Maazouzi (83) and Larbi Yahyia (68), who both arrived in the Netherlands as migrant workers. With their families in Morocco and their sons and daughters in the Netherlands moving back to their roots in Morocco has become a dilemma. A documentary about how the former labour migrants are living with two lives in one heart.
Politics
In 2013 he produced the documentary Pablo, about the social cleansing ahead of the World Cup Football 2014 in Brazil. in January 2014 the documentary was screened at the Dutch parliament. In response to the screening the Christian and the Social Democratic parties (CDA and PVDA) asked parliamentary questions about the violations of human rights during the preparations of a world event.
Filmography
| Filmography |
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| * 2005 - Full of smiles and mines - Cambodia |
| * 2005 - The American Dream - New-York |
| * 2006 - The Shadow side of a metropolis - Rio de Janeiro |
| * 2006 - Heideroosjes in Japan |
| * 2007 - Chapter Eight, Golden State - Hollywood |
| * 2007 - Surviving On God's Guidance - Zambia |
| * 2008 - Millenniumwar - Holland |
| * 2008 - Ethiopia on Wheels - Ethiopia |
| * 2008 - Nothing About Us - Ethiopia |
| * 2009 - L1mburg Helpt (TV documentary series)- Romania, Uganda, Congo, Brazil, Peru, India. |
| * 2010 - The Voice of 650 Million Times One - Kenya, Vietnam |
| * 2010 - It's Noy Always About Succes - Netherlands, Wales |
| * 2010 - My Name is MAX - Netherlands |
| * 2010 - Building Dreams in Darkness - India |
| * 2011 - Route 15 - (TV documentary series)- Brazil, Mali, Sierre Leone, Suriname, Kenya, India, Pakistan, Filipijnen |
| * 2011 - Down the Lane - Kenya, Canada |
| * 2012 - L1mburg Helpt (TV documentary series) - Nicaragua, Ethiopië, Peru, Indonesië, Kenia, Armenië. |
| * 2012 - By Choice or Chance - Vietnam |
| * 2013 - Retour - Netherland, Spain |
| * 2013 - PABLO - Brasil |
| * 2013 - Unerschöpflich - Germany, Brasil |
| * 2014 - Two Lives in one Heart - Morocco, Netherlands |